Chapter 4: They're not Cyborgs
Okay from this point on some of the characters use telepathy. / is Kurama. // is Hiei. /\ is
001 talking mentally to a spacific person. I used normal quotations for when he's talking to the
group.
~~~~~~~~~ Kurama's POV~~~~~~~~~~
"Happy Birthday, 'kassan." I told her softly.
"Thank you Suuichi. Why are we wispering?" She asked just as quietly.
"Yusuke didn't look very good, so I told him to go get some sleep on the couch. He hasn't woken
up yet." I'd tell her the reason later. "My other friends are in the kitchen. I'm sorry 'kaasan, this
isn't turning out to be a very good birthday so far."
"Don't worry. Do your frinds want to stay for dinner?"
"I haven't asked them. I should probably go shopping again if they do. I only bought enough for
us." We had reached the kitchen, it was a bit crowded with all of us in there. "Do you guys want
to stay for 'Kaasan's birthday dinner?" After a chorus of "yes" an a "Hn" I said, "then I'll need to
go shopping again." I walked up to my room to get my wallet. "I'm going now. 'Bye"
As I was walking into the store I saw the same man I had seen but this time he was with a
woman. "Konnichi wa, sir. I'm sorry about my friend earlier. He can be rather rude sometimes."
The woman looked starteled, but the man smiled. "Do you still need help finding somewhere?" I
asked.
"Actually, yes. Whenever we ask someone for this house people get scared and run off. I'm
looking for Urameshi residence." I looked at him closer. Narrowing my eyes.
"Why." It wasn't a question, it was an order. He must have realized I wouldn't give him any
information without receiving a reason first, because he said
"There are people looking for him. People with... bad intentions. We want to find out why, and if
possible protect him." My face must have hinted something of my thoughts because the woman
said,
"We have no intention of harming Yusuke." She mispronounced his name, obviously she'd only
ever read it, never heard it.
"It's Yusuke." I pronounced it correctly, overemphasizing it a bit.
"Are you Yusuke?" The man asked.
"No." He could tell I was purposely being vague. "What do you intend to do when you find
him?" Just then another man showed up, dressed the same way. He was short, even shorter then
Hiei, and chubby.
"Is this him?" The short one asked.
"I don't think so." The first man told him.
I needed to get my shopping done so I said, "I wouldn't go to the Urameshi residence yet.
There's something in the air there. If I hadn't known a partial antidote to it he would be dead by
now." I walked off leaving them completely clueless. There were more of them when I came out
including an old man wearing a brown suit holding a baby. I groaned inwardly and pay no
attention to them hoping they wouldn't notice me. Not a chance.
"Please young man, it is vital that we find him. For the world's sake, and his." The woman was
speaking to me; but, seeing she didn't get through, another of her companionssaid,
"Okay, I'll just have to beat it out of him." He through a punch at my face, I couldn't defend or
dodge becuase of the groceries. Then the man I met first was in front of me and took the punch.
He moved like Hiei, I was surprised, but didn't show it. I felt I could at least trust this one. I
stared of into space for a few minutes and could have sworn is saw Yusuke nodding. If I wasn't
crazy, then it would probbably be a good idea to have more. We were greatly out numbered, and
we could beat these people easily.
"Alright. I'll show you." I pointed to the one who took the punch, "but that's it." we started to
walk of. After we'd walked a block he said,
"Shimimora Joe," he said, introducing himself
"You can call me Minamino Suuichi," he gave me a look that said 'called?' but I didn't answer
it. "You can tell your friends to stop following us. I know they're back there, and I don't have to
show you where Yusuke is." He looked surprised.
"I didn't realize they were," he was telling the truth. "How does your friend move like that? I've
never met any one else who could do that." I stopped walking and looked at him.
"There's a lot about Team Urameshi you've probably never seen before."
"Team Urameshi? As in..."
"Urameshi Yusuke." I finished for him. "He's the leader of the team. Or at least he usually is."
"But?"
"He's unconscious right now."
"And the short one from earlier, he is a part of the group too?"
"Yes; that's Hiei. But don't let him hear you call him short." A smile crossed my lips.
"So you can smile. I was begining to think you couldn't." I realized this was the first time I had
shown him anything but suspition. "I usually try to stay calm."
"Why?" I look him over.
"For a reason that very few people know or would understand if they did." This made him
uncomfortable, so he quickly changed the subject.
"If you know my friends are following, can we just let them catch up?"
"Sure, let's go into this ally. If they see us stopped, they won't try to." We went into the ally way
and waited for them. The woman was talking to the others,
"Where did that boy and 0..."
"Francois!" Joe was obviously trying to keep her from giving out another name. I would know,
I'd had to do the same thing countless times. But I don't know many names that start with zero.
Truth be told, I didn't know any.
"I know you were following, so we stopped to wait for you. We're almost at my house. Oh,no." I
suddenly groaned. They all looked at me. "How in the seven hells am I going to cook dinner for
16. Some birthday present. It's my 'kaasan's birthday."
The chubby one got very excited when he heard this. "You know, I just so happen to be a
master chef. Why don't I cook dinner for your mom and friends tonight."
"That's fine by me, but what do I tell her?" I was going to have promblems explaining this one.
/ Hiei, I'm bringing some people who were looking for Yusuke. Can you use your jagan to see if
they really do have good intentions before we get to the house?/
// Yes// Then the woman stopped and shook her head, but the toddler in her arms eye began to
glow. The Hiei was back, // I can't get in, there's something shielding their minds.//
/Yes, I know. It tried to shield mine too. Should I bring them any way?/
//Hn.//
/Tell the other's to be ready for a fight, I don't want to take any chances. Make sure my 'kaasan
isn't around when you tell them; come up with some excuse./ The people were looking at me
oddly. / Whatever is stopping you from getting into the other's minds is trying to stop you from
getting into mine again. It's starting to arouse suspition, I'm going to let it sheild my mind now.
Bye./
//Hn.//
"What was all that about?" I looked at the one that was talking, it was Joe. He knew I was doing
something. I had just managed to get all of them suspicious of me.
"All what?" He just stared at me a minute. Then I herd a shrill voice calling and groaned.
"Suuichi!" I let off a steam of curses, most of which were not in a langauge the others would
know.
"Suuichi!" one of the girls cried and they all flocked toward me. "Suuichi I was wondering if
maybe you wanted to go to the movies tonight?" I looked at her apolligitacly as I made up some
reason why I couldn't go. The girls then dispersed. The other's looked at me questioningly,
"I thought I was you mom's birthday to day." The one with a very long nose accused.
"It is."
"Then why did you tell them you had to study for a test?!"
"I lied." That pissed him off.
"Do you lie often?" I smirked,
"Yes." Then my house came into view the others were in the yard watching for us. Hiei was
casually, if pointedly, sharpening his katana. Kuwabara was attacking a punching bag, but he
punched it so hard that it flew back and hit him and the face. Obviously not for the first time.
//It's stopped shielding your minds, want me to try again?//
/No; it's too late to do late to do anything now./ Kuwabara stood up./He's going to make that
saving the day speach again, isn't he?/
//Hn.//
~~~~~~~~~~ Joe's POV~~~~~~~~~~
"I, Kuwabara Kazuma, shall force you to give me the antidotes and shall, once again, save the
day." He's a bit full of himself.
//Hn, yes he is.// I nearly jumped out of my skin when I herd Hiei's voice in my head.
"Hn, baka." The short one, Hiei, didn't talk much apparently.
"Kuwabara, do you honestly think I would bring them here if they ment harm?" The orange
haired one looked at Suuichi. Funny they refered to him by his last name.
"Shrimp, said you told us to be ready." How did he tell them? 001 said whatever was trying took
look into our minds was looking into Suuichi's, even though he tried to block it as he did with
us. Was it this... Hiei?
"Yes, but I didn't say they were the ones who did this. Now put your rei sword away." Rei?
Doesn't that mean spirit... Spirit sword? I hadn't even noticed he was holding something.
/\They're not cyborgs, we have to find out how they can do these things, 009./\
Okay from this point on some of the characters use telepathy. / is Kurama. // is Hiei. /\ is
001 talking mentally to a spacific person. I used normal quotations for when he's talking to the
group.
~~~~~~~~~ Kurama's POV~~~~~~~~~~
"Happy Birthday, 'kassan." I told her softly.
"Thank you Suuichi. Why are we wispering?" She asked just as quietly.
"Yusuke didn't look very good, so I told him to go get some sleep on the couch. He hasn't woken
up yet." I'd tell her the reason later. "My other friends are in the kitchen. I'm sorry 'kaasan, this
isn't turning out to be a very good birthday so far."
"Don't worry. Do your frinds want to stay for dinner?"
"I haven't asked them. I should probably go shopping again if they do. I only bought enough for
us." We had reached the kitchen, it was a bit crowded with all of us in there. "Do you guys want
to stay for 'Kaasan's birthday dinner?" After a chorus of "yes" an a "Hn" I said, "then I'll need to
go shopping again." I walked up to my room to get my wallet. "I'm going now. 'Bye"
As I was walking into the store I saw the same man I had seen but this time he was with a
woman. "Konnichi wa, sir. I'm sorry about my friend earlier. He can be rather rude sometimes."
The woman looked starteled, but the man smiled. "Do you still need help finding somewhere?" I
asked.
"Actually, yes. Whenever we ask someone for this house people get scared and run off. I'm
looking for Urameshi residence." I looked at him closer. Narrowing my eyes.
"Why." It wasn't a question, it was an order. He must have realized I wouldn't give him any
information without receiving a reason first, because he said
"There are people looking for him. People with... bad intentions. We want to find out why, and if
possible protect him." My face must have hinted something of my thoughts because the woman
said,
"We have no intention of harming Yusuke." She mispronounced his name, obviously she'd only
ever read it, never heard it.
"It's Yusuke." I pronounced it correctly, overemphasizing it a bit.
"Are you Yusuke?" The man asked.
"No." He could tell I was purposely being vague. "What do you intend to do when you find
him?" Just then another man showed up, dressed the same way. He was short, even shorter then
Hiei, and chubby.
"Is this him?" The short one asked.
"I don't think so." The first man told him.
I needed to get my shopping done so I said, "I wouldn't go to the Urameshi residence yet.
There's something in the air there. If I hadn't known a partial antidote to it he would be dead by
now." I walked off leaving them completely clueless. There were more of them when I came out
including an old man wearing a brown suit holding a baby. I groaned inwardly and pay no
attention to them hoping they wouldn't notice me. Not a chance.
"Please young man, it is vital that we find him. For the world's sake, and his." The woman was
speaking to me; but, seeing she didn't get through, another of her companionssaid,
"Okay, I'll just have to beat it out of him." He through a punch at my face, I couldn't defend or
dodge becuase of the groceries. Then the man I met first was in front of me and took the punch.
He moved like Hiei, I was surprised, but didn't show it. I felt I could at least trust this one. I
stared of into space for a few minutes and could have sworn is saw Yusuke nodding. If I wasn't
crazy, then it would probbably be a good idea to have more. We were greatly out numbered, and
we could beat these people easily.
"Alright. I'll show you." I pointed to the one who took the punch, "but that's it." we started to
walk of. After we'd walked a block he said,
"Shimimora Joe," he said, introducing himself
"You can call me Minamino Suuichi," he gave me a look that said 'called?' but I didn't answer
it. "You can tell your friends to stop following us. I know they're back there, and I don't have to
show you where Yusuke is." He looked surprised.
"I didn't realize they were," he was telling the truth. "How does your friend move like that? I've
never met any one else who could do that." I stopped walking and looked at him.
"There's a lot about Team Urameshi you've probably never seen before."
"Team Urameshi? As in..."
"Urameshi Yusuke." I finished for him. "He's the leader of the team. Or at least he usually is."
"But?"
"He's unconscious right now."
"And the short one from earlier, he is a part of the group too?"
"Yes; that's Hiei. But don't let him hear you call him short." A smile crossed my lips.
"So you can smile. I was begining to think you couldn't." I realized this was the first time I had
shown him anything but suspition. "I usually try to stay calm."
"Why?" I look him over.
"For a reason that very few people know or would understand if they did." This made him
uncomfortable, so he quickly changed the subject.
"If you know my friends are following, can we just let them catch up?"
"Sure, let's go into this ally. If they see us stopped, they won't try to." We went into the ally way
and waited for them. The woman was talking to the others,
"Where did that boy and 0..."
"Francois!" Joe was obviously trying to keep her from giving out another name. I would know,
I'd had to do the same thing countless times. But I don't know many names that start with zero.
Truth be told, I didn't know any.
"I know you were following, so we stopped to wait for you. We're almost at my house. Oh,no." I
suddenly groaned. They all looked at me. "How in the seven hells am I going to cook dinner for
16. Some birthday present. It's my 'kaasan's birthday."
The chubby one got very excited when he heard this. "You know, I just so happen to be a
master chef. Why don't I cook dinner for your mom and friends tonight."
"That's fine by me, but what do I tell her?" I was going to have promblems explaining this one.
/ Hiei, I'm bringing some people who were looking for Yusuke. Can you use your jagan to see if
they really do have good intentions before we get to the house?/
// Yes// Then the woman stopped and shook her head, but the toddler in her arms eye began to
glow. The Hiei was back, // I can't get in, there's something shielding their minds.//
/Yes, I know. It tried to shield mine too. Should I bring them any way?/
//Hn.//
/Tell the other's to be ready for a fight, I don't want to take any chances. Make sure my 'kaasan
isn't around when you tell them; come up with some excuse./ The people were looking at me
oddly. / Whatever is stopping you from getting into the other's minds is trying to stop you from
getting into mine again. It's starting to arouse suspition, I'm going to let it sheild my mind now.
Bye./
//Hn.//
"What was all that about?" I looked at the one that was talking, it was Joe. He knew I was doing
something. I had just managed to get all of them suspicious of me.
"All what?" He just stared at me a minute. Then I herd a shrill voice calling and groaned.
"Suuichi!" I let off a steam of curses, most of which were not in a langauge the others would
know.
"Suuichi!" one of the girls cried and they all flocked toward me. "Suuichi I was wondering if
maybe you wanted to go to the movies tonight?" I looked at her apolligitacly as I made up some
reason why I couldn't go. The girls then dispersed. The other's looked at me questioningly,
"I thought I was you mom's birthday to day." The one with a very long nose accused.
"It is."
"Then why did you tell them you had to study for a test?!"
"I lied." That pissed him off.
"Do you lie often?" I smirked,
"Yes." Then my house came into view the others were in the yard watching for us. Hiei was
casually, if pointedly, sharpening his katana. Kuwabara was attacking a punching bag, but he
punched it so hard that it flew back and hit him and the face. Obviously not for the first time.
//It's stopped shielding your minds, want me to try again?//
/No; it's too late to do late to do anything now./ Kuwabara stood up./He's going to make that
saving the day speach again, isn't he?/
//Hn.//
~~~~~~~~~~ Joe's POV~~~~~~~~~~
"I, Kuwabara Kazuma, shall force you to give me the antidotes and shall, once again, save the
day." He's a bit full of himself.
//Hn, yes he is.// I nearly jumped out of my skin when I herd Hiei's voice in my head.
"Hn, baka." The short one, Hiei, didn't talk much apparently.
"Kuwabara, do you honestly think I would bring them here if they ment harm?" The orange
haired one looked at Suuichi. Funny they refered to him by his last name.
"Shrimp, said you told us to be ready." How did he tell them? 001 said whatever was trying took
look into our minds was looking into Suuichi's, even though he tried to block it as he did with
us. Was it this... Hiei?
"Yes, but I didn't say they were the ones who did this. Now put your rei sword away." Rei?
Doesn't that mean spirit... Spirit sword? I hadn't even noticed he was holding something.
/\They're not cyborgs, we have to find out how they can do these things, 009./\
